Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

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Vale of Glamorgan County constituency

Vale of Glamorgan shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	John Smith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan
EP constituency:	Wales

Vale of Glamorgan is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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A marginal seat to the west of Cardiff, this has the Labour-voting port of Barry surrounded by Conservative villages and small towns. There have been some close shaves for both parties here in the past: Tory Walter Sweeney got home by a mere 19 votes in 1992 (although some of the votes were alleged to have come from the Conservative party targeting overseas voters such as those living in Australia rather than the local constituents); and John Smith (namesake of the late previous Labour leader) only had a majority of barely 2,000 in 2005.

[edit] Members of Parliament

1983 – 1989: Sir Raymond Gower, Conservative
1989 – 1992: John Smith, Labour
1992 – 1997: Walter Sweeney, Conservative
1997 – present: John Smith, Labour

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	19,481	41.2	-4.2
	Conservative	Alun Cairns	17,673	37.3	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hooper	6,140	13.0	+0.8
	Plaid Cymru	Barry Shaw	2,423	5.1	-1.2
	UK Independence	Richard Suchorzewski	840	1.8	+0.8
	Liberal	Karl-James Langford	605	1.3	+1.3
	Socialist Labour	Paul Mules	162	0.3	+0.3
Majority			1,808	3.8
Turnout			47,324	68.9	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.3

General Election 2001: Vale of Glamorgan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Smith	20,524	45.4	-8.5
	Conservative	Susie Inkin	15,824	35.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dewi Smith	5,521	12.2	+3.0
	Plaid Cymru	Chris Franks	2,867	6.3	+3.8
	UK Independence	Niall Warry	448	1.0	N/A
Majority			4,700	10.4
Turnout			45,184	66.7	-13.3
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| Cynon Valley \| Delyn \| Gower \| Islwyn \| Llanelli \| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney \| Neath \| Newport East \| Newport West \| Ogmore \| Pontypridd \| Rhondda \| Swansea East \| Swansea West \| Torfaen \| Vale of Clwyd \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)